Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/145214 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 10080
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Based on a unique time-use survey of academic researchers in Japan, this study finds that research time decreases over the life cycle. The decrease in total hours worked and the increase in time spent on administrative tasks explain the decrease in research time. We also show that the decrease of research time partly explains why the research output of older researchers' decreases. The results suggest that proper incentives and job designs for senior researchers may increase their research output.
Subjects: 
researchers' time use
research output
academic researchers
academic administration
education
multi-tasking
JEL: 
J22
J24
J44
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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